Joelle has travelled to: Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Holland, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.

Joelle writes articles and essays about various travels and places, and is always looking for more assignments or ideas for pieces. Her travels have also influenced her course syllabi, particularly for World Literature.

She also takes photographs, albeit mostly mediocre ones with a mediocre camera.